#279BA9#279BA9

#279BA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BA9
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -26.13, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 30.82, 212.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0885 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.099 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7163, 26.7362, 41.6499)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BA9 #A93527

analogous

#27A976 #279BA9 #275AA9

triadic

#279BA9 #A9279B #9BA927

tetradic

#279BA9 #7627A9 #A93527 #5AA927

square

#279BA9 #7627A9 #A93527 #5AA927

split-complementary

#279BA9 #A9275A #A97627

monochromatic

#104046 #1C6D77 #279BA9 #3BC2D2 #6DD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#279BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BA9

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BA9	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c2',
    500: '#279ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ba9;
$custom-light: #77b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.462,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63411,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BA9

secondary

#C47268

accent

#5442E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BA9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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